In an emergency motion filed with a federal court in Washington, lawyers say guards have refused to provide drinking water to hunger strikers and kept camp temperature “extremely frigid,” to thwart the protest.

They filed the petition after interviewing Yemeni prisoner Musaab al-Madhwani by phone Monday. He told them that guards were refusing to provide bottled water and telling prisoners to drink from tap water that inmates believe is non-potable.

Along with their motion, they submitted an affidavit from Dr. Stephen Xenakis, a psychiatrist and retired general, who believes that the hunger strike and lack of adequate drinking water “sets them up for gastrointestinal infections and a quick demise.”

The South African government faced tough questions Wednesday about its military mission in the Central African Republic after 13 of its soldiers were killed by rebels [freedom fighters] there last week.

Allegations that [x-pres Francois] Bozize was corrupt and a power-monger, cited by rebels [freedom fighters] as the reason for their uprising, have undercut South Africa’s assertions that it was contributing to peace and stability.

The uproar comes as South Africa hosts the leaders of Brazil, Russia [New Russian Empire], [Imperial] India and [Capitalist] China at the BRICS summit in Durban, an event that allows it to showcase its *ambitions* as a leader beyond its borders.

One of the largest ever cyber attacks is slowing global internet services and the disruption could get worse, experts said on Wednesday, after an organization blocking “spam” content became a target.

Spamhaus, a London and Geneva-based non-profit group which helps weed out unsolicited “spam” messages for email providers, said it had been subjected to “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks on an unprecedented scale for more than a week.

Spamhaus publishes blacklists used by internet service providers (ISPs) to weed out spam in email traffic.

A news report from Nangarhar province says a sixteen-year old Afghan boy saw an soldier of US [World Tyrant] terrorist troops…walking outside his base apparently on a lone patrol mission and attacked him with his knife stabbing it into the American’s [the World Tyrant ubermenschen’s] neck.

The knife tore through the target’s neck spattering blood and killing him instantly.

According to the report, the incident occurred in Ghani Khel district of the province where the boy after dealing a lethal blow to the American [World Tyrant] terrorist joined Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate [of Afghanistan] sound and safe.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir Abdullahian, said on Tuesday that the Arab League’s act of giving Syria’s seat…to those who don’t represent the Syrian people marks the end of the League’s role in the region.

[He slammed] the silence of the League members over the crimes committed by [puppet] Israel against the Palestinian people.

–Abdullahian: Arab League Giving Syria’s Seat to Those Who Don’t Represent the Syrian People Marks End of League’s Role in Region